constipado
[kõnst̪iˈpað̞o]
The verdict
“constipado” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #99,382 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #99,382
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que padece un resfriado, enfermedad catarral de las vías respiratorias altas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | constipado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kõnst̪iˈpað̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “constipado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for constipado is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõnst̪iˈpað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,382 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
constipado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is constipado, spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-P-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que padece un resfriado, enfermedad catarral de las vías respiratorias altas.
- 2Dicho de una persona: que padece estreñimiento, constipación de vientre.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “constipado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-S-T-I-P-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõnst̪iˈpað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.